6060. Adulteration and misbranding; of tomato pulp. U. S. * * * v. OS?
Oases * * * of Tomato Pulp. Default decree of condemnation, for??
feiture and destruction. (F. & D. No. 8627. I. S. No. 2354-p. S. No.?
E-926.)
On December 3, 1917, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of?
Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the?
District Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and!?
condemnation of 98 cases, each containing 48 cans of tomato pulp, consigned by?
Roberts Bros., Baltimore, Md., remaining unsold in the original unbroken?
packages, at Philadelphia, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped on?
or about November 6, 1917, and transported from the State of Maryland into?
the State of Pennsylvania, and charging adulteration and misbranding in?
violation of the Food and Drags Act.
Adulteration of the article was alleged in the libel for the reason that it?
consisted in part of a decomposed vegetable substance.
Misbranding was alleged in substance for the reason that the packages?
inclosing the article contained a label which bore the statement, " 10 oz.,"?
legarding the article and the ingredients and substances contained therein,?
which was false and misleading, in that said statement indicated to the?
purchaser that the packages each contained 10 ounces of tomato pulp, when,?
in fact, they did not.
On January 9, 1918, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment?
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court?
that the product should be destroyed by the United States marshal.
CAKL YROOMAN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.
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